Question

Khali and Juan are using ribbon to decorate their art project. The ratio of the length of Khali's ribbon to the length of Juan's ribbon is 8:5 If Khali used a total of 72 cm of ribbon, how much did Juan use?

Answer 1

45 cm

Explanation:

It is given that,

The ratio of the length of Khali's ribbon to the length of Juan's ribbon is 8:5.

We need to find the length of ribbon used by Juan if Khali used a total of 72 cm of ribbon. ATQ,

`(K)/(J)=(8)/(5)\\\\(8)/(5)=(72)/(J)\\\\J=(5* 72)/(8)\\\\J=45\ cm`

So, Juan uses 45 cm of the ribbon.